space
noun
[ speɪs ]
• a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.
• "a table took up much of the space"
Similar:
room,
expanse,
extent,
capacity,
area,
volume,
spaciousness,
scope,
latitude,
expansion,
margin,
leeway,
play,
clearance,
headroom,
legroom,
elbow room,
gap,
interval,
opening,
aperture,
gulf,
cavity,
cranny,
fissure,
rift,
crack,
breach,
break,
split,
flaw,
crevasse,
interstice,
lacuna,
• the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move.
• "the work gives the sense of a journey in space and time"
• an interval of time (often used to suggest that the time is short considering what has happened or been achieved in it).
• "both their cars were stolen in the space of three days"
• the portion of a text or document available or needed to write about a subject.
• "there is no space to give further details"
• the freedom to live, think, and develop in a way that suits one.
• "a teenager needing her own space"
• one of two possible states of a signal in certain systems.
space
verb
• position (two or more items) at a distance from one another.
• "the poles are spaced 3m apart"
Similar:
place at intervals,
separate,
place,
position,
arrange,
line up,
range,
order,
array,
dispose,
lay out,
deploy,
locate,
settle,
situate,
set,
stand,
station,
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French espace, from Latin spatium . Current verb senses date from the late 17th century.